Chas Young. [ YOUNGC ] shows us a quick and easy way to make palm trees. Thanks Chas.

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Thanks!

Henk,

Another great article for my cheap, sorry "frugal" ways. Man that's 2 in one day. How lucky can a guy get???

Steve, much as I like to bask in the warm glow of praise, you will have to thank Chas for this one.

I only post it up, I don't know what makes it go..

Another great feature - easy effective well done. Thanks

Chas,

Thanks for the article. Henk thanks for putting it up. Keep em coming.

Interesting idea. Nicely done.

"Hemp rope"

??? OK boyz and girlz, resist the temptation to smoke it!!

As Chas. As with all good articles like this, easy to get items, cheap, simple and well explained/documented. Fits all categories ... perfect .... and very realistic and effective. Cheers.

Nice feature Chas. You explained the process very well.

Hi everyone,

Thankyou for the compliments, I hope it will help the potential Jungle diorama makers out there to get started, without breaking the bank.

My thanks must go to Henk for presenting the feature very nicely.

And to CK Loo, who kindly allowed me to adapt his method of making the trunk rings, and publish it in the feature.

Regards,
Chas

I've been playing around with the technique. Here is another variation, this time with a longer trunk of a different texture:

The picture doesn't show it very well, but seaweed was used to depict old growth/ flowering.

Chas

To throw a spanner in the works, would it be possible to make something like this is 1-350, or better still for me, in 1-700 scale ? The tall palm is outstanding and the problem being, you make it look easy, I'm all fingers and thumb, got a piece of wire stuck in one finger, blood everywhere and a bin full of cuttings, giving up isn't what I like, but I just can't get to grips with this, and like I said, could you PLEASE ------- please do something like this in 1-700 ?

Excellent idea, well presented - I've saved this for the future, when the PT boats call...thanks